
NSF Center on RObots and SEnsors for the HUman well-Being - Purdue Site
The NSF RoSeHUB center is a multi-university Industry/University Cooperative Research Center, or I/UCRC. The academic partners include Purdue, University of Pennsylvania, University of Denver, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and the lead site, University of Minnesota.
Research Projects
Precision Dairy Agriculture Sensors
PIs: Robert Nawrocki, Purdue; Richard Voyles, Purdue; Brittany Newell, Purdue
Hot Zone Sampling with Long-Distance UAVs and UAV Swarm
PIs: Dave Cappelleri, Purdue; Richard Voyles, Purdue; Shoushuai Mou, Purdue
Modular Serpentine Robots with Reconfiguration
PIs: Richard Voyles, Purdue; Howie Choset, Carnegie Mellon
Robotic Handling of High-Consequence Materials
PIs: Richard Voyles, Purdue; Nikos Papanikolopoulos, Minnesota
Flexible Displays for Kitchen IOT
PIs: BC Min, Purdue; Richard Voyles, Purdue
SuperBaxter: Next Generation Collaborative Robot for Manufacturing
PIs: Juan Wachs, Purdue; Richard Voyles, Purdue
Cyber Physical Systems with Multi-Robots for Persistent Water Monitoring
PIs: BC Min, Purdue; Richard Voyles, Purdue
Project Selection Process
Projects under the Purdue RoSeHUB site are proposed by faculty, in consultation with industry members, voted on the Industrial Advisory Board, and funded by the Executive Board of the member universities. This ensures strong collaboration and buy-in from both industry and the faculty researchers.Each company designates a "RoSeHUB Liason" that acts as the primary point of contact between the center and the industry member. Likely project ideas are discussed with the liason prior to proposal generation. Based on input from all RoSeHUB Liasons, individual project proposals are generated by interested faculty. These are presented to corporate members at the Fall Meeting. During this meeting, all members (or their proxies) vote on projects of choice. The votes and feedback is considered by the RoSeHUB Executive Committee, along with budgetary information to work out a funding plan for the most popular projects.
The Purdue Site of RoSeHUB gives companies and government agencies direct access to Purdue Faculty and Purdue Students. RoSeHUB acts as a low-cost entry point to projects at the Purdue Robotics Accelerator.
Copyright: © 2019 by Richard M. Voyles
rvoyles [at] purdue [dot] edu